According to a very close friend of Ranbir, the last straw was the link-up with Anushka Sharma. After this rumour broke out, Ranbir's father Rishi Kapoor finally asked his boy to do something about the endless gossip.
Says the friend, "More than himself Ranbir is embarrassed because of his parents. He can take any kind of flak or rumour. But if his parents get affected he reacts. And now Ranbir has had enough. He won't take the Casanova image lying down. "
Says the friend, "Ranbir is specially cheesed off by the rumours about Nargis Fakhri. He has never treated her as anything more than a co-star. Ranbir goes out with her, yes. But only in a group with his other friends. "
Ranbir's friend says there's a valid reason for why the star was seen with Nargis at a movie recently.
"Nargis is under an exclusive contract with Asthvinayak the producers of Rockstar. She can't be seen at public events or at social gatherings with people outside her Rockstar team. Her most logical instinct is to hang around with her Rockstar co-star Ranbir and his friends. "
Speaking on the much-reported movie where Ranbir and Nargis were spotted together the concerned friend reveals, "Ranbir
was keen to see The King's Speech—and not Black Swan as reported in the press—with his buddy Ayan Mukerjee. Nargis wanted to come along. Which she did, with a female friend of hers, at the PVR.
During interval when Ranbir came out there were more than 50 press photographers waiting to click him and Nargis together... at 11 pm!
Who informed the press? Certainly not Ranbir or Nargis or their friends who accompanied them for the movie. "
Ranbir's friend feels the image of the womanizer is being carried to the extreme and being planted by "vested interests" only to show that the actor is not as serious about his work as his colleagues.
Defends the friend, "Ranbir eats sleeps breathes his work. But all he gets written about is his the woman. It's come to a point where his friends constantly make jokes about his libido.
Ranbir is offended, deeply offended because now his
parents are offended."The giddy limit according to Ranbir's family is the linkup with Anushka Sharma.
Laughs the friend, "Isn't she seeing Ranveer Singh? Why would Ranbir cosy up to someone else's girl? It was reported that he was with Anushka in the backseat of their car. Wrong!
Ranbir was in the front seat with his friend Ayan. Anushka was on the backseat with Ranveer Singh. They all drove to the Olive for a meal where there were joined by Shahid Kapoor. "
So selfconscious has Ranbir become of his image of the wild lover-boy that he has decided to now gravitate to the other end.
Says Ranbir, "That isn't me that's being written about. I've had enough. I just want to withdraw from the limelight completely for sometime. "
